Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in netdata - CVE-2018-18838

 

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in netdata - CVE-2018-18838

Published: June 18, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35822
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18838
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: www.netdata.cloud
Affected software:
netdata

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

An issue was discovered in Netdata 1.10.0. Log Injection (or Log Forgery) exists via a %0a sequence in the url parameter to api/v1/registry.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-18838

Install update from vendor's website.

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